20 Jun 1949
- Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraft of the Dominican Republic attacked the remaining elements of a failed Guatemalan invasion force, strafing a PBY Catalina aircraft, with fifteen soldiers aboard, which had been forced down offshore during the previous days fighting. ww2dbase [AC]
- Filipp Golikov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the fourth time. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was awarded the Order of Red Banner for the second time. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the third time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
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